Leontodon microcephalus, (Boiss. ex DC.) Boiss.

Tutin, T. G., Heywood, V. H., Burges, N. A., Moore, D. M., Valentine, D. H., Walters, S. M. & Webb, D. A., 1976, Flora Europaea. Volume 4. Plantaginaceae to Compositae (and Rubiaceae), Cambridge University Press : 312

8. L. microcephalus (Boiss. ex DC.) Boiss. , Voy. Bot. Midi Esp. 2: 380 (1841).

Perennial with long, slender tubers. Stems 1-4, 3-10 cm, sometimes branched, glabrous; bracts 2-numerous. Leaves 10-45 x 2-5 mm, linear, spathulate to oblanceolate, obtuse, entire, glabrous or with a few simple eglandular hairs. Capitula 1-2. Involucre 7-8 x 4-5 mm; bracts linear-lanceolate, obtuse, glabrous or with a few short simple eglandular hairs. Ligules yellow. Stigmas yellow. Achenes 4-5 mm, pale brown, cylindrical, weakly transversely muricate; pappus of 1 row of plumose hairs. • S. Spain (Sierra Nevada). Hs.